Our Team
The team members at Steve’s Camp—often camp alumni—are equally passionate about nature-based learning and youth empowerment. Through the tireless dedication of our full-time employees, seasonal counselors, and volunteers, hundreds of kids and teens experience camp each year.
Staff
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Destiny is a professional change-maker and barrier remover. She has over 15 years experience in project management in the non-profit sector, first in the area of international trade and business development with the National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce then in workforce development with The Doe Fund, Back on My Feet, and Path Forward. She is passionate about providing her community with opportunities to learn, grow, and challenge themselves. She is also a licensed wilderness guide who loves to provide guidance in the outdoors.
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As an experienced Program Director with a demonstrated history in youth development, curriculum design, and nonprofit leadership, Taylor thrives on creating impactful programs that empower young people. Currently, at Steve's Camp at Horizon Farms, she leads initiatives that foster leadership and personal growth in youth. At her prior roles with the Center for Justice Innovation and Coro New York Leadership Center, she honed her skills in project management, data analysis, and team leadership. She is committed to driving positive change through innovative program solutions.
Executive Committee
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Steve grew up in a working-class neighborhood in the Bronx. Every summer, Steve and his family would leave the crowded city for a bungalow colony in the Catskill Mountains. When Steve was a teenager, his father, a taxi driver, picked up a Dartmouth College alum. The two hit it off, and eventually, the alum enabled Steve to attend Dartmouth when he was only 16 years old.
Steve credits his summers in the Catskills and the support of the Dartmouth alum for being instrumental to his personal growth and his career success as a real estate professional—founding The R.E. Group of Companies and K5 Equities, LLC. He founded Steve’s Camp to enable young people from similar economic backgrounds to explore and grow in the Catskills.
“I want the campers to take away an educational background—whether it’s horseback riding or being in a canoe for the first time—something which will always stay with them. We’ve had probably 1500 kids come through this camp, and we’ve changed their lives—they tell me so.”
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